It was lightning struck history for the South Korean film industry where it did not just win the award for best picture oscar 2020 but also made a record of becoming the first foreign film and non-English film to steal the prestigious award.
Praises and love keep pouring from the film fraternity and people around the world for the movie crew for this historic achievement. Here’s a video delivering the proud moment,
The historic victories made front-page news in South Korea, where Baek Young-hoon, 50, a Seoul office worker and avid Bong fan noted, “The South Korean movie industry became 100 years old last year, and this is a momentous event that makes South Koreans proud.”
Some popular tweets:
.@official_ACE7 was off the chain last night at the @ParasiteMovie #oscar party… pic.twitter.com/aONZoE6MG6
— Andrew Freund (@andrewfreund) February 10, 2020
It would be hard to overstate the disruption caused by "Parasite’s" win.
Until now, broad hits from outside the English-speaking world were almost non-existent. https://t.co/MB1DEdFuyt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 10, 2020
봉준호 감독님 정말정말정말 정말로 정말이지 정말 축하드립니다🎺📯 #우식씨눈물훔치는거잘봤어요 pic.twitter.com/yfzpAbw6iQ
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) February 10, 2020